Museum Of Communication
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Archived: 2026-04-23 15:41
Museum Of Communication
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Welcome to the Museum of Communication
Front Entrance -2011
Musikverke Polyphone c. 1900
Bush TV, 1950
Winnie Entertains with her magic Lantern
Dictaphone, 1922
Exhibition visitor signalling by Semaphore
EM 210 Vidicon Television Camera, 1959
Ken Horne, GM3YBQ, in the Radio Room
Round Ecko Radio, 1935
Stargazing Roadshow at the local Primary School
Grundig reel to reel tape recorder
Oliver Typewriter 1909
2026
EXHIBITION TO OPEN
ON SATURDAY 9 MAY
Our 2026 Exhibition, entitled
‘When Screens were Small, but the Magic seemed Huge’,
will open on
Saturday 9 May
and continue on Wednesdays and Saturdays until Wednesday 30 September.
P
lease
contact us
if you’d like to join our Exhibition Hosting Team.
Group visits at other times may be available by special appointment.
For further information, please
contact us
.
LECTURE PROGRAMME
We offer a programme of lectures throughout the year. You can attend in person, or online via Zoom. A
ttendance in person costs £5 with an additional £5 for lunch (when available). Online attendees are encouraged to make a voluntary donation of £5 in support of MoC activities.
We are a charitable organisation that relies entirely on donations for financial survival.
DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM
Being volunteer-run, we depend on donations to keep telling the story of historical communication. We’re therefore very grateful for anything that you can donate to keep the Museum in operation. Please
donate
by any of the following means:
1.
Donate on this site
– simply follow
this link
.
2. Make a bank transfer
to:
Account Name: Museum of Communication Foundation, Account No: 00508399, Sort Code: 80-17-37. Be sure to include your name as a reference or we won’t know who you are and your donation will be anonymous!
3.
Send a cheque
payable to ‘Museum of Communication’ to: Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, Burntisland KY3 9AA
We have lent some cameras from our collection to form part of an exhibition featuring 100 years of television. It will run in Helensburgh, birthplace of John Logie Baird, from 9th – 27th April 2026, from 10 am until 4 pm every day.
See
jlbtv100.org
or click on the panel above for details.
A visit to this exhibition could form part of a very pleasant day trip to the Clyde coast.
Skip to content
Welcome to the Museum of Communication
Front Entrance -2011
Musikverke Polyphone c. 1900
Bush TV, 1950
Winnie Entertains with her magic Lantern
Dictaphone, 1922
Exhibition visitor signalling by Semaphore
EM 210 Vidicon Television Camera, 1959
Ken Horne, GM3YBQ, in the Radio Room
Round Ecko Radio, 1935
Stargazing Roadshow at the local Primary School
Grundig reel to reel tape recorder
Oliver Typewriter 1909
2026
EXHIBITION TO OPEN
ON SATURDAY 9 MAY
Our 2026 Exhibition, entitled
‘When Screens were Small, but the Magic seemed Huge’,
will open on
Saturday 9 May
and continue on Wednesdays and Saturdays until Wednesday 30 September.
P
lease
contact us
if you’d like to join our Exhibition Hosting Team.
Group visits at other times may be available by special appointment.
For further information, please
contact us
.
LECTURE PROGRAMME
We offer a programme of lectures throughout the year. You can attend in person, or online via Zoom. A
ttendance in person costs £5 with an additional £5 for lunch (when available). Online attendees are encouraged to make a voluntary donation of £5 in support of MoC activities.
We are a charitable organisation that relies entirely on donations for financial survival.
DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM
Being volunteer-run, we depend on donations to keep telling the story of historical communication. We’re therefore very grateful for anything that you can donate to keep the Museum in operation. Please
donate
by any of the following means:
1.
Donate on this site
– simply follow
this link
.
2. Make a bank transfer
to:
Account Name: Museum of Communication Foundation, Account No: 00508399, Sort Code: 80-17-37. Be sure to include your name as a reference or we won’t know who you are and your donation will be anonymous!
3.
Send a cheque
payable to ‘Museum of Communication’ to: Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, Burntisland KY3 9AA
We have lent some cameras from our collection to form part of an exhibition featuring 100 years of television. It will run in Helensburgh, birthplace of John Logie Baird, from 9th – 27th April 2026, from 10 am until 4 pm every day.
See
jlbtv100.org
or click on the panel above for details.
A visit to this exhibition could form part of a very pleasant day trip to the Clyde coast.